2. 10 Ways to Speak and Talk About Prices

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Transcript

Hello, everybody. In this box, we are going to teach you 10 ways to speak and talk about prices. There are many different ways that we can speak about prices, but some students do not understand them. And this lesson, I'm going to explain all of these important sentences and phrases that every single student must know. So are you ready? Let's start.

Number one, it costs a fortune. We use it cost a fortune when we speak about something that is very expensive. For example, oh, that car, it costs a fortune. It's very expensive. We also say it costs an arm and a leg. It costs an arm and a leg this expression used many times in different movies.

Actually, to say that something is very expensive. Yes, it cost an arm Unlike, for example, traveling to Germany, and studying in Germany, it costs an arm and a leg. Number three, that's a ripoff. That's a ripoff. It means overpriced, far more expensive than it should be. That's a ripoff.

Yes. For example, I bought a computer It was very, very expensive. It's overpriced, far more expensive than it should be. Number four is I can't afford it. When do we say I can't afford it? We say I can't afford it means I don't have enough money to buy it.

For example, that house I can't afford it. It's very expensive. I don't have enough money to buy it. So we speak about something that you cannot buy because you don't have enough money. Number five is, that's a bit pricey. That's a bit pricey.

That's a bit pricey. It's also means it's a little expensive. Number six, that's quite reasonable. That's quite reasonable. When do we see this? That's quite reasonable means it's a good price.

It's a good price. It's not very expensive. It's not very cheap. That's quite expensive. That's fair. We also say fair f a ir number seven is at 20% off 20% off.

It means there is a 20% discount. There's a 20% discount on this is a good idea to buy it. Number eight, that's a good idea. That's a good idea. What does it mean? That's a good idea.

It means it's a good value for the amount of money. That's a good idea. That's a good idea to buy this car. It has a good value. And number nine, it was a real bargain. It was a real bargain.

Some things something sold for a price that is lower than usual or lower than its value. That's why we say it was a real bargain. For example, we got tickets to the show at half price or real bargain, something that is lower than usual or lower than eats of value. So it's worth getting it or it's worth buying it. And the last phrase is, eight was dirt cheap. It was dirt cheap.

What does it do? mean, it was dirt cheap means it's extremely inexpensive. It's extremely cheap. Okay, perfect. We learned many great phrases here to speak about prices, try to understand them guys. If you have any problems, come back and try to review them.

Okay, we are going to use some of these phrases in real situations. So there is a woman here. She's holding a shirt. I think she's surprised. She says, Oh my God, this shirts, a ripoff. It cost an arm and a leg.

I really can't afford it. Do you remember, this shirt is a ripoff means it's overpriced. It's cost on our link means very expensive. I can't really afford it, which means I don't have enough money to buy it. For this girl, I think maybe she should buy something cheaper. This car, this is a wonderful, fastest car in the world.

It cost a fortune. It's very expensive, but now it's 20% off. So it's 20% discount. So that's a good idea to buy it. Exactly. That's a great idea to buy it because there is 20% off.

That's actually a real bargain. Okay, guys, let's go to the next part. And let's review these idioms and phrases and I'm going to check you there. Try to understand these good luck.

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